Technical Questions
On which currency pair and which timeframe do I have to install SFConnect?
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Currency pairs and timeframes do not matter. You just have to install SFConnect on a chart, our servers will automatically send you the right signal. |
How to activate/unactivate a strategy?
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To unactivate a strategy to apply to your account, you just have to be connected on our website and then you go to "EA+parameters" and you define a strategy allocation of 0. A strategy allocation diffrent than 0 will activate the strategy and you are going to receive the signals. |
Can I use a demo account to test your strategies?
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Yes, it is quite possible to use a demo account. Simply enter your account number demo in your user profile and you can install our EA on this account. |
How can I set the positions size?
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To configure the leverage you want applied to your account, please log on our website and go on "EA + Parameters".
To configure the size of positions depending on the size of your account, please use the examples of table and formula below. Positions size = Equity * Allocation * Base Leverage Remarque: value of equity is in USD equivalent.
Example with an account of 10'000 USD.
Remark: In reality, these numbers will certainly not round numbers, so they will be rounded to the possibilities of your .
For MacroTrading the base leverage is 1, that is to say that with a consideration of USD 1,000 or equivalent, each position will be 1,000 units. For example, with the default configuration (allocation = 100%) and if your account is USD 5,000, your positions will be 5,000 units. If you change allocation = 300% and if your account is USD 5,000, your positions will be 15,000 units. If you change allocation = 20% and if your account is USD 5,000, your positions will be 1,000 units.
For TradeTheNews the base leverage is 1 to 3, that is to say that with an account of USD 1,000 or equivalent, each position will be from 1,000 to 3,000 units. For example, with the default configuration (allocation = 100%) and if your account is USD 5,000, your positions will be 5,000 to 15'000 units. If you change allocation = 300% and if your account is USD 5,000, your positions will be 15'000 to 45'000 units. If you change allocation = 20% and if your account is USD 5,000, your positions will be 1'000 à 3'000 units.
For TradeLikeAPro the same principle applies. Please note that there is no upper limit on the size of positions.
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What means strategy "allocation"?
| When you receive a signal, this signal should be applied to your account and take a position on the market. The allocation is used to define what risk you want to take over our reference account and its performance. For example, an allocation of 100% means you want to replicate the same risk that our reference account for a defined strategy. An allocation of 10% means you want to replicate a 10 times smaller risk than our reference accounts for a defined strategy. An allocation of 300% means you want to replicate a 3 times greater risk than our reference account for a defined strategy. Etc. |
What does the warning: "Attention AUDCAD n est pas dans MarketWatch!!!"
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If this alert appears on the screen it means that EA wants to send an order on a currency pair that is not enabled on your platform. You just have to right click on "Market Watch" and click on "Show All" as in the picture below:
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Can I install another EA on my account
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Yes, it is quite possible to use another EA on the same account as SF_Connect. However, note that SF_Connect use a Magic Number between 1000 and 1100. You cannot use another EA with a Magic Number between 1000 and 1100. |
Account number and broker name
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To connect SFConnect to our servers, you must enter your account number and the name of your broker on our website by logging into your profile. Once done, you can install SFConnect that will connect to our servers to receive the trades.
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How to know the strategy behind a position?
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To find the strategy that generated a signal and a position in your portfolio, you simply right click in the "Terminal" on a position and then check "Comments ". A new column appears at the far right with the name of the strategy.
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What is the cost of MetaTrader
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MetaTrader is an independent trading platform provided freely by many brokers. |
Do we have to keep MT4 switch on?
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Yes, it is absolutely necessary that MetaTrader (MT4) stays open to receive the signals. For your convenience, we offer you a VPS server. So your MT4 platform is open 24/24 on a remote server. |
Questions on the Strategies
How works TradeTheNews?
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TradeTheNews continuously analyzes macro-economic news arrived at Daybook. According to this news, the EA would take a position on the currency market.
Example: The publication of unemployment in the United States is scheduled for 14:30. When the announcement came, TradeTheNews detects that the published figure is 9.8% while the market expected a rate of 9.9%. This figure was better than expected for the U.S. economy, for example, will TradeTheNews buy USD / CHF and benefit from the positive impact of this good news.
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How works MacroTrading?
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MacroTrading constantly analyzes the various macro-economic data of a currency. The decision to buy or sell from MacroTrading is triggered by a mathematical model outcome of the most advanced techniques in statistics and quantitative finance.
The goal of MacroTrading is to take advantage of trends in the medium term (several days to several weeks) on the foreign exchange market. This is a SAR (Stop And Reverse) model, that is to say that we are always in the market, long or short. |
General Questions
The story of TradeTheNews and MacroTrading
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After nearly two years of research and development, we launched two automatic trading systems based on macro-economic news. Often, traditional trading systems (technical analysis only) are criticized for ignoring the fundamentals that govern the Forex. Collecting, analyzing and treating in an automatic way of news that occur throughout the day is very complex. This being resolved, the creation of a macroeconomic model remains the most critical point. We use the latest techniques and the latest models from the mathematical finance research. The use of modern technology allows us to treat almost instantaneous release of most economic figures of a country. This results in two models:
Both systems include an adequate money management and many options are available to the user. |






